Laney College running back shows why he’s #1

On the stat sheet, the play looks like any other four-yard gain, a positive but unremarkable advancement on the football field. But it was how Laney College running back C.J. Anderson gained those four yards last Friday night that shows why he is one of the best junior college running backs in the state.

On a pass from his quarterback, David Ross, Anderson caught the football behind the line of scrimmage on the left side of the field, where he immediately encountered Iosia Iosia, a 6’6″, 270-pound defensive end for City College of San Francisco. With a juke left, then a cut right, Anderson moved past his significantly larger opponent with ease. An instant later, he was surrounded by three defenders, one pursuing him head on and the other two closing in from the right. Only one managed to lay a hand on the ball carrier. With a push off–known as a “stiff arm”–and a cut left, Anderson found more running room.